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fustanella
[ fuhs-tuh-nel-uh, foo-stuh- ]
noun
- a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
fustanella
/ ˌfʌstəˈnɛlə /
noun
- a white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men in Greece and Albania
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Origin of fustanella1
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Example Sentences
The moving figure of a man, wearing the white fustanella, has the strange beauty of an Arab moving alone in the vast sands.
The streets are narrow and irregular, the men mostly in European costume, with here and there a fustanella.
Her husband appeared in full Palicari dress, with an irrepproachable fustanella, and handsome jacket and leggings.
He cannot work because he wears the fustanella, and it is said that he wears the fustanella in order to be unable to work.
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